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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Woo hoo, it’s December! Just a couple more weeks before the kids are on their holiday break and then it’s Christmas. Can’t wait!

CAROLINE, ENGLAND These are a little late, but here in the UK, on Nov 5th we have a celebration called 'Guy Fawkes' ~ it's all about foiling a plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament (a good thing ~ it's such a beautiful building!) ~ it's a little barbaric really; we put a 'guy' (a stuffed dummy) on the top of a bonfire and set him alight! But, of course, after the big blazing bonfire and the fireworks are great fun! :D

MAY, GERMANY A family preparing Rattan wreaths at the Christmas market.

MADDY, NEW JERSEY/NYC A special gift from my sister-in-law for my Christmas ornament collection.

WANDA, MONTREAL

SONYA, THE NETHERLANDS

BECKY, PHILADELPHIA

TINA, SWEDEN Part of the light display "Winter light" that goes on in my city - these are huge, recycled plastic containers. Looks great in the darkness!

BUCKEROOMAMA, HONG KONG

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Is your to-do list as long as ours or are you one of those super-organized people who have already finished all their Christmas shopping two weeks ago?

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

MADDY, NEW JERSEY/NYC Date night with my favorite guy - Benjamin Moore! It's amazing what a coat of paint can do to a room.

TINA, SWEDEN One of the church towers in my city.

BECKY, PHILADELPHIA

MAY, GERMANY We visited the first Christmas market of the season. The children had fun cooking bannock over a fire.

BUCKEROOMAMA, HONG KONG What do you see in these water patterns --wisps of icy smoke, glassy waves? (Photo taken at Hong Kong Park)

CAROLINE, ENGLAND Baby had his first painting experience ~ the paints say 'no mess' but Baby certainly managed to make some!

*Morningstar Foundationworks with critically ill children all over China by meeting their basic day to day needs and finding surgery for them. MSFH falls under Morning Star Foundation, a US non-profit organization. Morning Star Foundation currently has projects in China and Africa

About This Blog

A few years ago, our founder, Lola, had an idea! She thought that it would be interesting to search out women living all around the world and ask them to collaborate on a blog where they could share our lives. She had always wanted to travel and see the world & this blog became a means to do so!

We have had the privilege of seeing Germany, Thailand, The Netherlands, Philadelphia, New Jersey/NYC, Hong Kong, Canada, and Utah through the eyes of the beautiful, smart, talented, funny women who live there. Some women have journeyed with us for a little while, others the whole distance so far, but all have left their mark here.

We post thrice weekly, on Monday, Wednesday & Friday, with our Linky-day being a Wednesday, when all our wonderful readers get to join in!

We feel that each culture, and each country, and each and every woman on the planet has positive, lovely, and wonderful things to share with those who will listen, and this blog is meant to serve as a forum for these formidably good things!

We are celebrating the everyday beauty of life and womanhood, and suspect that we will find that life is beautiful everywhere, and joy can be found in even the smallest things, such as a morning walk, a great cup of cocoa, the laugh (or mischief) of a child, a letter from someone we love, and of course, the joy of making a new, lifelong friend.

We sincerely hope that you will take this journey with us! It's not aimed at anything other than connecting, enjoying, and escaping to new and different places. Feel free to comment, ASK QUESTIONS, and start conversations! And please share a link to Communal Global on your blog (if you feel so inclined) and tell other women about it so that they can join in and share with us!